... RE-OPENING OF THELNETHAM CHURCH . The re-opening services-in connection with the resto- ration of Thelnetham Church took place ?? last, and was attended with considerable interest. From an account which we, give below, it will be seen what alterations and improvensents have been made in the interior of the building, which now renders it one of the prettiest ecclesiastical structures to befound ...

... SUDDEN DEATH OF -A YOUNG WOXAN AT IPSWIOH. A young woman named Sarah Orsborn died early on 'Wednesday morning, under circumstances which led to much gossip, and e~venitually ended in an enquiry be- fore the Borough Coroner. The young woman was 19 years of age, and hils for some time been a women on the town. On Wednesday morning she died at the house of Mr. C. Bacon, plumber, &c., St. ...

... IpsWIWCH. raesam, -Ware 14, 1w2. The right hon. the Speaker gave his seventh Parlia- su mentary full.dress dinner on Saturday, which was avo attended by Sir H. Selwin.Ibbetson, Mr. R. N. Fowler, the ?? The Earl and Countess Stanhope dined n Saturday ehve evening with Mr. Brandling and the Countess of Jer- Bigi sey at their residence in Wilton Place. we The Duke of Norfolk gave a dinner party ...

... XPSWICH PAVING AND LIGHTING CONMM'ITTEE. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Paving and Lighting Committee of the Ipswich Local Board of Health was held yesterday (Friday), at the Town Hall. The chair was taken by Mr. E. Grimwade, the Chair- man of the Committee, and the vice-chair by Mr. William Hutchinson. Mr. Charles Cullinghlam appeared to ask the Com- mittee to re-consider their decision ...

... } TTHE INDIRECT CLAIMS. (From the Tinses Correspondent.) PHILADELPIIIA, April 29. The announcement may now be made that the Ala. bama Claims question vill be settled this week in a manner satisfactory on both countries. General Schenck has been instructed to say to Lord Granville that if England will decide in advance against the principle of nmalcing Claims for Indirect Damages, America will ...

... -THE most notable man in France just now is Marshal Bazainc. There has been so much difficulty in forming the Court which is to try him that the Assembly has bad to take the matter in hand and pass a Bill for that purpose. As a Marshal of France Bazaine could only be tried by men of his own rank in the army. But there are not sufficient Marshals to form a Court, and so a Bill has been passed ...

... C ORRESP O 0ND E NC B. LOCAL TAXATION. To the Editor of the Ipswich Journal. Sirt,-Thc cause of Local Taxation and the over-bur- dened ratepayers are greatly indebted to you for your admirable article in last Saturday's issue of the Jounssal. Nothing could be better. The salient points are excel- Llent, audjust go to the pith and marrow of the question. You have exactly hit the nail upon the ...

... ?? the Court Circular.) Why cannot the Royal Academy be opened, like Rot- ten Row, at 6 a m. P There are some people of course, ladies par excellence, who go to both as much to be seen as to see or to ride. There are others, like myself, who think that if a tbing is worth doing at all it is worth do- ing well, and prefer early morning for doing such mat. ters in a business way, leaving the ...

... I HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, May10. Intoxicating Liqsuor (Licensing) Bill.-The House went into Committee on this Bill. The preamble was postponed. Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to, and Clause 3 was postponed. The Duke of Richmond, on Clause 4, raised the ques- tion of cumulative penalties imposed by the Bill. Instead of a license being forfeited ipso facto when a third con- viction was recorded ...

... (From thre Court Circutar.c The cricket season opened auspiciously with a most lovely day at Prince's new ground. As I anticipated, the loungers from the Row strolled in to see the Lords and Commons battle against the Household Brigade. The Marquis of Ormond did his best for the peers, but the soldiers were too strong for them, and the Brigade won in one innings. I am sorry to hear that the ...

... (From the Court Circular.) The battle of the styles, in which and of which St. Paul's is to be completed, has still to be fought out. One thing, however, is patent-that the earlier sub- scriptions, as Lady Burdett Coutts points out, were obtained on the faith that Sir C. Wren's designs, as re. corded, should be carried out. If this pledge is to be broken, the conditional subscriptions should ...

... ,oTUEDA MAwtY 3281872 t TUESDAY, MATY 28, 1872. There are many reasons for regretting that the London School Board was formed and got to work so soon after the passing of Mr. Forster's Bill. There is a natural tendency in the pro- vinces to look to London as an example, mnd the feeling was, perhaps, in this case, more than usually excusable. The commencement of work under the Education Act ...